Transfer to Berkeley/Stanford engineering?

<p>I'm a freshmen at Cornell and I'd like to transfer to the CA bay area Fall10 due to various reasons. I know transferring to Stanford is pretty much an impossibility, and i don't have enough credits to transfer into Berkeley. Would anyone care to give me some advice on how i could end up in either colleges for a degree? was told I could get into a CC or an easier college first for my sophomore year, but I don't know if this 'steppingdown' move is wise, and whether hopping around colleges would look bad on my transfer application. </p>

<p>my stats:
international student. Fall09 gpa 3.87
sat1: cr600 w650 m800
sat2: maths2 800 physics800 chem800
great HS activities but nothing yet in college</p>

<p>replies greatly appreciated!</p>